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High Blood Pressure
During a medical examination, Gerald's blood pressure is found to be three times that of a normal healthy person. Yet neither Gerald nor his doctor is particularly worried about this. Why?
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Gerald's blood pressure is normal for Gerald.Answer
Gerald is a giraffe. The average blood pressure of a giraffe is three times that of a human being. This higher blood pressure is needed to pump the blood up that long neck!Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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Dec 09, 2001
ALSO THE BRACHIOSUARUS HAD 3 TIMES AS MUCH BLOOD PRESSURE . IT NEEDED 8 HEARTS TO PUMP THE BLOOD UP ITS NECK!
lol, nice
a dinosaur would not be examined, humans did not exsist when dinosaurs did
Haha you said "Gernald is not worried about that" Haha, if Gernald is a giraffe, I guess he wouldn't even be bothered by having cancer! Do giraffes care about something ?
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